New opioid bill would impose sweeping limits on some prescriptions, boost funding

(By Lev Facher for STAT)

A group of eight senators on Tuesday unveiled bipartisan legislation that would increase funding for addiction treatment and prevention by roughly $1 billion and impose a sweeping three-day limit on opioid prescriptions for initial pain treatment. Continue reading article here…

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